It's not that offensive lineman Cole Blankenship from Davie County High in Mocksville, N.C., planned to jump on his first offer. It just so happened that Blankenship's first offer was the one he wanted: NC State.

"I know I got the offer [Monday], committed [Tuesday], but the big thing was there any school you'd rather go to, and I honestly couldn't think of one," Blankenship said.

Blakenship said that he developed that feeling after taking a few visits to Raleigh, the first for a junior day in January.